Just watch these two experts make light work of shifting a monster slab of newly sawn carrara marble to its new berth in the yard.
Block of marble from carrara yard.
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A statue of david the biblical hero who slayed the giant goliath had been ordered in 1464.
Here too as in our slab warehouse in via argine destro carrione carrara our staff are happy to assist customers in selecting and handling blocks.
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First the bottom cut of the block is made by a giant chainsaw in about a day.
For unknown reasons agostino abandoned the project after doing only a little work mostly roughing out around the legs.
The marble can be sold in this format or cut down into slabs or tiles of various sizes suitable for a range of residential and commercial projects.
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The block used for michelangelo s famous david had languished in the work yard of florence cathedral for forty years before he tackled it.
We re stock material on a regular basis and the facility is equipped for block cutting.
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Marble may be honed for a matte look or polished so that it has a reflective surface.
Carrara marble is excavated from quarries in blocks that weigh tons.
Having moved a fair share of stone in my time i thought i would share this little video showing just how it is done by the masters that is.
Darmar s company owned warehouse storage facility covers an area of 2000 sqm.
This commission went to agostino and a huge slab of marble was extracted from the carrara quarries in tuscany italy for the project.
It takes about a week to extract a 350 ton block.
The block used for michelangelo s famous david had languished in the work yard of florence cathedral for forty years before he tackled it.
Legend holds that the artist had in mind one of the hulking carrara stonecutters as the physical model for il gigante.
Every piece of carrara marble was special and specific to each project.
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Which includes an outdoor yard and a 1000 sqm warehouse.
Legend holds that the artist had in mind one of the hulking carrara stonecutters as the physical model for il gigante.
Massive 350 ton marble blocks are extracted and then divided into 35 ton blocks taken down by heavy trucks to the seaside in 45 minutes.